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Trump Wants To Kill NY Congestion Pricing — It Raised $48.6 Million In Tolls During Its First Month

March 1, 2025 admin congestion pricing, HEALTH, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, NEW YORK CITY, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 17:26:37 +0000

Who would have thought that New York’s congestion pricing plan would raise $48.6 million in tolls during its first month? Clearly not President Donald J. Trump, who insists that the toll plan hurts local business. Trump has ordered the Department of Transportation to revoke New York’s federal congestion pricing authorization. … [continued]

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Bovine Methane Emissions Solution Spearheaded By US Firm

February 10, 2025 admin Agriculture, Australia, carbon emissions, cattle, climate change, cows, livestock, methane emissions, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, seaweed, seaweed farming, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:59:32 +0000

Trump or no Trump, innovators in the US are working to curb methane emissions from 1.5 billion cattle around the world.

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Experts Anticipate Renewable Energy Will Overrun Trump’s Dopey “Energy Dominance” Policy

February 10, 2025 admin biomass, clean power, Energy, federal energy regulatory commission, geothermal energy, green economy, hydroelectric, policy & politics, President Trump, renewable energy, Solar energy, trump administration, us department of energy (doe), us energy information administration, us solar industry, us wind industry, usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 04:06:51 +0000

So much winning! Renewable energy in general, and solar energy in particular, will overrun the dopey “energy dominance” policy expressed by President Trump.

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Coal & Nuclear Are Very Different Beasts In China, Per Expert

February 10, 2025 admin carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, electric trucks, Energy, green economy, grid, INTERVIEWS, investment, Manufacturing, policy & politics, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:50:32 +0000

Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with an expert in China’s energy transition, David Fishman of APAC-focused Lantau Group. In the first half of the conversation we talked coal, gas, and nuclear. Michael Barnard [MB]: Hi, welcome back to Redefining Energy Tech. I’m your host, Michael Barnard. … [continued]

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It’s Super Bowl Weekend — Yay! But What Are Sports Doing About Mega-Event Emissions?

February 10, 2025 admin climate change, climate emissions, policy & politics, Sports, super bowl

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:15:23 +0000

Advertisers pay around $8 million for a 30-second Super Bowl ad slot, and the NFL makes hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from the Super Bowl. They’re awfully entertaining, of course, but we often overlook the environmental impact of the Super Bowl as a mega-event in all the hoopla. … [continued]

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Science Purge Is Part of United States’ Echoing Of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

February 10, 2025 admin Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy, Europe, events, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heat pumps, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 02:32:57 +0000

As Mark Twain is reported to have said, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. Trump 2.0’s actions are very much rhyming, albeit discordantly, and with a dismal period from the past of the United States’ proclaimed great enemy, China. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 and lasting until 1976, … [continued]

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Cleantech Needs A Defense From Burial In Bullshit

February 10, 2025 admin Donald Trump, elon musk, Media, policy & politics, USAID

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:13:30 +0000

The last couple of weeks has been a whirlwind. Fortunately, at least for my own mental health, I was taking some time off to prep an older truck for transportation duty while I started the long process of building an electric Suburban. But, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t checking in … [continued]

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Could Elon Musk Get The US Government To Buy A Bunch Of Teslas?

February 10, 2025 admin clean transport, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, policy & politics, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 04:55:25 +0000

It’s no secret — Elon Musk has been something like a shadow president early on in Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. So far, that has largely focused on things not very related to Tesla. However, one has to wonder how much Tesla business might start getting rolled … [continued]

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Energy Companies & Investors Mobilize Lobbying Blitz on Clean Energy Tax Credits

February 10, 2025 admin clean energy tax credits, clean power, green economy, Manufacturing, policy & politics, policy research, press releases, research, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar panels, solar tax credits, tax credits, wind energy, wind tax credits, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:50:04 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad coalition of energy groups and their member companies are joining forces to hold over 100 meetings with members of Congress and staff from both parties about the critical role of clean energy tax credits for supporting a robust American energy and manufacturing economy. Participating groups … [continued]

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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

February 10, 2025 admin clean power, Donald Trump, policy & politics, seia, Solar energy, solar energy industries association (seia), solar power plants, us solar, us solar energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:41:15 +0000

Solar and Energy Storage Can Be Built Twice as Fast as Other Technologies President Trump recently declared an energy emergency. In his Executive Order, he states “We need a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy to drive our Nation’s manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and defense industries, and to sustain the … [continued]

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